Social Self Administration Package

Originally created for Marco Venniro and Yavin Shaham* as a custom build, the social self-administration chamber is now available as a standard product.

This chamber was crafted to run an operant model in which rodents engage in lever pressing, rewarded with either social interaction, or a drug infusion. This model is intended for studying the role of operant social reward in addiction, as well as addiction vulnerability.

• A chamber with a modified top for the resident (drug user) is conjoined with a smaller chamber that houses their drug naïve social partner.
• The automatic door linking the two has a custom-designed grate to prevent them from being able to touch, but can still see, smell, and hear each other

*Venniro, M., Shaham, Y. An operant social self-administration and choice model in rats. Nat Protoc 15, 1542–1559 (2020).

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